South Wight Explained

South Wight
Hq:Newport
Status:non-metropolitan district, borough
Start:1974
End:1995
Replace:Isle of Wight
Map:Isle of Wight South Wight district map 1974.svg
Populationfirst:44,890
Populationfirstyear:1973[1]
Areafirst:65185acres[2]
Areafirstyear:1974
Populationlast:53,600
Populationlastyear:1992[3]

South Wight was a non-metropolitan district with the status of a borough on the Isle of Wight in England from 1974 to 1995.

The district was formed by the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of Sandown-Shanklin and Ventnor urban districts and Isle of Wight Rural District. It was one of two districts on the island formed in 1974 – the other was Medina.

Following a review by the Local Government Commission for England, the borough was abolished on 1 April 1995, when a single Isle of Wight Council replaced the island's county council and two district councils.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Registrar General's annual estimated figure mid 1973
  2. Book: Local government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System . 1974 . . London . 0-11-750847-0 . 61 .
  3. OPCS Key Population and Vital Statistics 1992
  4. Web site: The Isle of Wight (Structural Change) Order 1994 . 12 January 2009 . . 2004.